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  • If not, tofu no kado ni atama o butsukete shinjimae!

    Hit your head on a corner of tofu & die Lisa Nicole 2008

  • If not, tofu no kado ni atama o butsukete shinjimae!

    Archive 2008-11-01 Lisa Nicole 2008

  • In Japan, there is an expression for feeling overwhelmed by stress, conflict, and fatigue,atama ga masshiro ni naru.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • In Japan, there is an expression for feeling overwhelmed by stress, conflict, and fatigue,atama ga masshiro ni naru.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • Up to the time of the Ashikaga shogunate (1334 A.D.), all classes excepting the nobility, samurai, Shinto priests, and doctors, shaved the greater part of the head, and wore queues; and this fashion of wearing the hair was called yakko-atama or dorei-atama -- terms signifying

    Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Long ago I changed my answer from so desu ne, to Nihongo wa muzukashiin desu ga, Nihonjin no atama no katamari to umaku communication toreru no wa ichiban muzukashii desu.

    Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion 2010

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